Russia’s Defense Ministry said that it suspects Turkey is planning on carrying out a military incursion into Syria after noting “a growing number of signs of hidden preparation of the Turkish Armed Forces for active actions on the territory of Syria”.

Turkey responded by accusing Russia of trying to divert attention from the crimes it has been committing in Syria and that Turkey has “all the rights to take any measures to protect its own security.”

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said that he called Sergei Lavrov, his Russian counterpart, and that they agreed on the need to discuss how to implement a ceasefire in Syria.

Brigadier General Ahmed Asseri, a Saudi who is also the spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition currently fighting in Yemen, said that Saudi Arabia would be willing to participate in any ground-operations against the Islamic State conducted by the US-led coalition.